The old version allowed cookies to be picked to keep in a straight-forward process. The new version equivalent, buried deep in settings, only allows website choices. This doesn’t catch everything. I still have to log in to some things every time & I didn’t before.
I agree, the new process for recording cookies to keep in v7.0.1010.0 is not an improvement, in fact I would rate it a “fail”. The two panel setup in previous versions was far superior and intuitive. Also, I note that v7.0.1010.0 doesn’t clean Opera browser cookies properly (I have v123.0.5669.47)–I still have hundreds of cookies after cleaning in addition to the relatively small number I have on my “keep” list.